A truck bomb exploded Saturday near a Colombian police station not far from the Venezuelan border, wounding 14 people just days before President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office. Guerrilla groups have issued warnings to De la Espriella, who plans to end the peace negotiations Petro had been conducting with various armed organizations. The ELN, the oldest surviving guerrilla group in the Americas, funds its activities through drug trafficking and other illegal activities. To achieve his objectives, De la Espriella plans to forge a military alliance with the United States and Israel. In 2025, right-wing presidential hopeful and senator Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot at an event in Bogota and later died.